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Zellige is a specific Moroccan ceramic mosaic, normally in geometric design. It is not only the decorative feature of Islamic Moroccan buildings, but also the peak of the building decoration worldwide. Since almost all the literatures on the world history of arts and craft and of building have overlooked...

We developed a secure communication method using a discrete wavelet transform. Two users must each have a copy of the same piece of music to be able to communicate with each other. The message receiver can produce audio data similar to the sending user's speech by using our previously proposed method...

In this paper, we conduct research on the high performance system development and basic cloud platform building model under parallel framework. Cloud computing is a kind of the public service, its security problem is complex and requires skill, standard, regulation, law and so on various aspects, multi-pronged...

To explore the correlation between personality traits and physics score, we enrolled 60 students as samples, and obtained their Big Five personality traits by NEO-FFI questionnaire. The average of the scores of the midterm examination and final examination of both Grade 7 and Grade 8 is used as the predictor...

Feedback, one of the most common employee behavioral interventions in an organization, has a major impact on managers leading employees to achieve organizational goals and improve performance. But this is not the case. When feedback is used as a negative evaluation, employees intentionally evade or not...

Politics can hide part of the history of civilization, but literature is unable to silence it. Literature can be a fertile field that fosters history that is drowned out by a tyranny. The power of oral literature in local communities helped confirm the ‘diamond light’ of the history of a community’s...

Nicodemi and Prisco recently proposed a model for X-chromosome inactivation in mammals, explaining this phenomenon in terms of a spontaneous symmetry-breaking mechanism [Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 108104]. Here we provide a mean-field version of their model.

Low, oscillatory flow/shear patterns are associated with atherosclerotic lesion development. Increased expression of KCa3.1 has been found in Vascular Smooth Muscle (VSM), macrophages and T-cells in lesions from humans and mice. Increased expression of KCa3.1, is also required for VSM cell proliferation...

The industrial revolution 4.0 resulted in the impact of digitalization which increasingly urged the public sector to expand. The development of governance today must be in line with developments in the global context, if not then organizations in the public sector will always encounter obstacles in answering...

Background: At present, China’s population problem has getting worse. The birth rate keeps dropping, while the aging population is growing. So it is urgent to solve the population problem. Methods: We take the population of Guangxi Province from 2011 to 2018 as the original data, and use the GM (1,1)...

A huge boost of digital technology has been witnessed in the modern civilization of human society. Nowadays, digital technology has already iterated to the fifth generation, 5G, and many digital enterprises come into sight and occupy an important position over the world. Moreover, after decades of development,...

Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) became the standard treatment for patients with Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury (BTAI) because it is a minimally invasive intervention, with proven lower morbidity and mortality compared with open surgery, especially in multiple trauma patients. However, there...

TOEFL purposes have developed in recent years, not only for educational needs but also for other needs, such as; job applicant requirements. Meanwhile, the examinee still considers TOEFL as a difficult test. Reading Comprehension appears as one of the sections in TOEFL. As a result of this phenomenon,...

The practice of teaching and learning of statistics so far conducted within direct teaching method, an explanation of the concepts and the formulas becomes less effective for sports science students. If this continues then it is hard that someday we will have graduates from sport sciences department...

The recently enacted Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20/2023 on the State Civil Apparatus revokes the authority of the Commission of the State Civil Apparatus, which was previously responsible for monitoring the adherence to merit system and ethical standards of conduct within the state civil...

The anthropic point of view has always been leading in understanding the universe, terrestrial and cosmic, in attempts to integrate cosmic phenomena with everyday experience, multiplying the impressions of the observed, but unattainable objects and Universe events by coefficients of greatness. Earthly...

Prefabricated construction will have a profound impact on driving the transformation of the construction industry. Cultivating applied talents in emerging engineering fields with expertise and skills in prefabricated construction has become a crucial task for civil engineering programs in universities....

As an offshoot of the digital economy, digital trade fuels socioeconomic growth and supports China’s rise as a trading power. The Yangtze River Delta (YRD), one of the nation’s most vibrant and open regions, has led digital-trade expansion since 2013. Using data from 2013 to 2022, we first construct...

This study examines the influence of Net Profit Margin (NPM), Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC), and Free Cash Flow (FCF) on Company Value, with Company Size and Dividend Payout Ratio as moderating variables. The research focuses on Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies listed on the Indonesia Stock...

People who reside in rural or remote places have a more difficult time gaining access to medical care than those who live in cities and towns. This article will validate and supplement the research that has already been done on the subject of health accessibility policies for persons living in border...

The characteristics of ground vibration are determined by the local geological and physical conditions of the Earth. Such vibrations can be detected using the passive seismic measurement. This research aims to create an advanced signal processing program to classify the local characteristic of ground...

This study focuses on the impact of digitization level on firms’ substantive green innovation capability, using data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2013 to 2023. The results show that firms’ digitization level has a significant impact on substantive green innovation, and this finding remains...

As a core province in Central China and a key node of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Hubei Province faces structural challenges such as lagging transformation of traditional industries and insufficient cultivation of emerging industries. The digital economy has become a core pillar for its industrial...

Cultivating advanced specialized talents and promoting scientific and technological development are important functions of higher education, and the two complement each other and have unity. This paper practices the teaching concept of research feedback, integrating teacher research and teaching, and...

This study addresses the use of body positive in the content of Peruvian brands such as Sicurezza and Capittana, where we seek to know the perceptions of women between 20 and 30 years old who follow the accounts of these brands on Instagram about the management of diversity and inclusion in fashion....

Big data technology optimises the allocation of rural tourism resources, improves precision marketing and enhances the sustainable development of rural tourism; fiscal policy promotes the development of rural tourism, rural tourism increases farmers’ income and promotes the development of the local economy,...

Histone crotonylation is one of newly identified post-translational modification. It may lead to changes in structure and function of proteins due to its power in gene expression regulation. Various kind of diseases have been found to be associated with this modification. That makes it indispensable...

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence and information technology has transformed the feasibility of cross-regional remote work. Yet, as these mobile professionals migrate, they inevitably precipitate competition over local social resources that are strictly bound by capacity limits. To capture...

Banking risk assessment is essential to maintaining financial stability, complying with regulations, and preventing bad debts. Effective risk management helps banks maintain customer and investor trust, avoid bankruptcy, and maintain profitability. Well-managed risks also allow banks to diversify their...

Accurately predicting the elastic characteristics of crystalline materials from compositional and structural data is a significant issue in materials informatics. Conventional machine learning methods, such as Linear Regression, Random Forest, and XGBoost, often fail to capture the complex and non-linear...

Background: Estimating aortic blood pressure (BP) non-invasively requires peripheral waveform calibration using cuff systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP). Accuracy of estimated aortic BP has never been determined when peripheral waveforms are precision calibrated using peripheral intra-arterial SBP/DBP....

Background: It has been proved that Berberine(BR) can improve endothelial function recently. However, the underlying mechanisms about the effect of berberine on endothelial function are not completely clear. The number and function of circulating endothelial progenitor cells(EPC) are involved in the...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Hypertension is associated with higher cardiovascular risk as well as several markers of subclinical target organ damage (TOD). Albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) in urine has been recognised as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events. We hypothesised that there...

Purpose: Central Blood Pressure (CBP) is a better cardiovascular risk indicator than brachial pressure [1]. However, gold standard CBP measurements require an invasive catheter. We propose an approach to estimate CBP non-invasively from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data coupled with a non-invasive...

Objectives: Increased carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity is indicative of vascular stiffening of the central arterial tree. Aortic stiffness is a key risk factor for the development of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Following acute (24-hour) sleep deprivation, healthy adults exhibit an increase...

Background: Carotid flow peak velocity is increased in carotid artery stenosis. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) have been associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke. We performed this study to evaluate the relationship between carotid flow velocity and carotid IMT in ischemic stroke without...

Objective: PWV measurement devices are technically demanding, expensive and prone to artefacts, thus limiting the measurement of arterial stiffness in primary care. The CARDIS consortium developed a non-contact device based on the detection of skin movements induced by arterial pulses through a laser...

This paper establishes a GIS-based system of vulnerability assessment to landslide hazard for Lushan earthquake-stricken areas. By taking these areas as the study area and ArcGIS 9.3 Software as the platform; with GIS Grid Technology and adopting Contributing Weight Overlay Model, we extract 6 vulnerability...

Background: Cilostazol is a potent antiplatelet agent that selectively inhibits phosphodiesterase III, and also it has beneficial effect to peripheral arterial disease, like intermittent claudication, by direct vasodilative action. But the effect of cilostazol on arterial stiffness is unclear. We investigated...

We derive solution-formulae for the Krichever–Novikov equation by a systematic multipotentialisation of the equation. The formulae are achieved due to the connections of the Krichever–Novikov equations to certain symmetry-integrable 3rd-order evolution equations which admit autopotentialisations.

This paper takes Yining historic district as an example. First, we briefly analyze and introduce its historical background and current situation. Then on the basis of protecting the status quo, the landscape environment of the block is improved, and the problems encountered in the landscape environment...

In the oceanic environments, oceanic wireless communication networks suffer low link quality and intermittent connectivity, which in turn disable the stability of end-to-end communication path, which makes the oceanic wireless communication network a de facto Delay/Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN)....

Communication engineering specialty is an engineering practical and very strong applied specialty. Practice teaching plays an important role of cultivating students' scientific thinking methods, scientific research ability and innovation ability. Through integrated specialty reform, we improve the practice...

Based on the value-chain framework, the innovation system was divided into two interactive sub-phases: upstream research and development process and downstream technological commercialization process. By introducing network DEA model, we computed the R&D, the technological commercialization and overall...

To analyze the internal environment and external environment of UHV AC engineering, We analyzed the main advantages and challenges of UHV with the SWOT-PEST method. We have come to the conclusion that we should vigorously develop the UHP. What is more, According to the characteristics of UHV project...

This paper makes the subway automatic ticket machine as the research subject, presents the suggestion of conducting the research and optimization based on human-computer interaction. We establish evaluation model of user experience based on the survey, correlation analysis and factor analysis. Selecting...

With respect to the current situation of logistics industries, the data synchronization technique in embedded mobile database design is researched. The focuses is on the establishment and maintenance of server databases, so as to solve the problems, like the date acquisition in data synchronization and...

Aiming at the high locating error and the underutilization of redundancy bearing measurement in Pyroelectric Infrared Sensor (PIR) location system, a novel method of bearing location based on Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) is presented. After illustrating the region partition model of PIR...

Community of complex networks has attracted much attention. For the problem, we propose a local heuristic genetic algorithm (LHGA). Mutation of LHGA is combined with local heuristic function from the perspective of networks dynamics and makes convergence rate of this algorithm expressively improved....

The single sailing simulation system is introduced in this paper based on a large amount of data from the experiment. Combining traditional method with the fuzzy control, a new method of routes planning is put forward. Relying on simulating the system using MATLAB tool, we can find the optimist degree...